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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trillian notice on the wall?
(a) Children's drawings
(b) Strange symbols of some kind
(c) Billboards and memos
(d) Pictures of dead humans

2. What is Zaphod good at?
(a) Talking
(b) Sleeping
(c) Stealing
(d) Eating

3. What does the babel fish allow Aurthur to do?
(a) Have babel fish for lunch
(b) Sleep
(c) Understand alien languages
(d) See in the dark

4. How does Arthur save the ship?
(a) He maneuvers the ship so that the missiles collide with an asteroid.
(b) He never really figures out exactly how he did it.
(c) He turns on the Improbability Drive.
(d) He kicks the computer, engaging its guidance systems.

5. What is a good source of Brownian motion?
(a) Zydrine crystals
(b) Plutonium atoms
(c) A sub-meson brain
(d) A nice hot cup of tea

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the whale think might be a good friend, but is in fact not?

2. What type of dinosaur's ribcage is Slartibartfast's chair made of?

3. How long does it take anyone to speak after hearing the answer?

4. Is this sort of thing going to happen every time the improbability drive is used?

5. What is written on the cover of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?

(see the answer key)

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